I learnt it because I served, for fifteen years, in the 32nd Punjabis." "You did ?" Lisle said; "why, the 32nd Punjabis was my father's regiment! How long have you left it ?" "Six years ago, sahib." "Then you must remember my father, Captain Bullen." "Truly I remember him," the man said.

"He was one of our best and kindest officers.

And he was your father ?" "Yes.

You might remember me too, I must have been eleven or twelve years old." The man looked hard at him.
"I think, sir, that I remember your face; but of course you have changed a good deal, since then.

I remember you well, for you often came down our lines; and you could speak the language fluently, and were fond of talking to us.
"And your father, is he well ?" "He was killed, three years ago," Lisle said, "in an attack on a hill fort." "I am sorry, very sorry.